A multi-vehicle incident on Highway 97 north of Prince George turned fatal Wednesday evening (April 3).
According to RCMP in Prince George and Mackenzie, a 56-year-old man has died as a result of the collision with a transport truck occurring seven kilometres south of McLeod Lake at the Haight Road intersection.
In a release, Traffic Services concluded a Dodge pick-up truck heading southbound crossed the centre line hitting a north-bound transport truck head-on around 6 p.m.
The incident claimed the life of the pick-up truck driver hailing from the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of B.C., while the transport truck driver was taken to hospital as a precaution to be treated for minor injuries.
B.C. Coroners’ Service, Commercial Vehicle and Safety Enforcement (CVSE), a traffic analyst from Prince George, and WorkSafe B.C. all believe the crash came on a ‘straight stretch in a 100 km/h zone’ on the highway and that road and weather conditions were good.
REMINDER - OPEN - #BCHwy97 - to single lane alternating traffic 7 km south of #McLeodLake at Haight Road due to an earlier motor vehicle incident. Drive carefully and expect delays. Details:https://t.co/qAphYIiD2C
— Drive BC (@DriveBC) April 4, 2019
As a result, Highway 97 was closed for several hours Wednesday night and early Thursday morning (April 4).
Drive B.C. reported the road as fully re-opened as of 6 a.m. today.
Anyone with more information on the incident is asked to call Prince George Regional Traffic Services at 250-649-4004 and quote file number 2019-158.
Highway 97 closed in both directions near McLeod Lake https://t.co/uFMKJ4qkd6 #CityofPG pic.twitter.com/b1udZ62Yar
— PrinceGeorgeMatters (@PGMatters) April 4, 2019
